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Issues: Whether the claim for refund of excess tax paid in a case of deemed assessment was maintainable under section 60 of the West Bengal Sales Tax Act, 1994, or whether the proper remedy lay under section 46A(4) of that Act.
Analysis: The assessment for the relevant return periods was deemed to have been made under section 46A of the West Bengal Sales Tax Act, 1994. The provisions governing refund under section 60 and the corresponding rules were held to apply to refunds in the prescribed manner and not to a case of deemed assessment under section 46A. Section 46A(4) specifically provided a remedy where excess tax had been paid due to error in fact or in law, and the Court held that the excess deduction in the works-contract turnover constituted an error of fact within that provision. As the refund application had not been made in the appropriate forum under section 46A(4), the claim was not entertainable under section 60.
Conclusion: The refund claim was not maintainable under section 60 and had to be pursued under section 46A(4); the refusal of the claim was upheld.
Final Conclusion: The decision leaves the petitioner to seek refund, if so advised, under the special statutory mechanism applicable to deemed assessments rather than under the general refund provision.
Ratio Decidendi: Where tax has been paid in excess in a case of deemed assessment, the special remedy under the provision governing reopening and refund for error in fact or law must be invoked, and the general refund provision will not apply.
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